Johann Leonhard Rost

Johann Leonhard Rost (14 August 1688 – 22 March 1727) was a German astronomer and author from Nuremberg. He wrote under the alias Meletaon.

The crater Rost on the Moon is named after him.

Bibliography

Meletaon, "Schau-Platz der gelährten und galanten Welt", 1711.
Meletaon, "Die Unglückseelige Atalanta", 1717.
Rost, J. L., "Atlas Portatilis Coelestis", 1723.

External links

Atlas Portatilis Coelestis, 1723 - Full digital facsimile, Linda Hall Library.
Biography & Bibliography by Hans Gaab and Olaf Simons

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 12446006 LCCN: n84006962 ISNI: 0000 0000 8091 8604 GND: 107712423 SUDOC: 086034391 BNF: cb131793455 (data)

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